Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : In close proximity to the Middle East, Cyprus's strategic location made it a prize for any power wishing to control the flow of oil and the entrance to the Suez Canal.
55% : He was US secretary of state during the fateful summer of 1974, when Turkish troops occupied the island following a Greek-sponsored coup.
55% : The United States had built Greece's post-civil war "deep state" and intimately knew the dealings of almost every level of government.
50% : This was short-lived, however, as the fall of the shah in Iran brought both countries closer again.
49% : Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100.
47% : So when it did take place and Turkey invaded five days later, the common explanation on the island was that since both the junta and Turkey were US allies, and since Kissinger was calling the shots in Washington, the events could be nothing but a conspiracy engineered by the secretary of state.
43% : His eight years as both national security adviser and secretary of state between 1969-77 saw the US finally end its involvement in the Vietnam War.
43% : Anti-American demonstrations gripped the island, while Makarios openly attacked his role.
42% : From there he flew to London and then to New York, where he denounced the junta's intervention before the United Nations.

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